Otaku Republic Football League Division 1

The Otaku Republic Football League Division 1 (オタクリパブリックサッカーリーグディビジョン1 Otaku Ripaburikku Sakkā Rīgu Dibijon 1) is the highest level of the Otaku Republican football system. Its one of the most successful leagues in the Maia world. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation. The Premier League is a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May. Teams play 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season.[1] Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons; others during weekday evenings. It is colloquially known as the Otaku Republican Premier League (ORPL) in other countries.

The competition formed as the ORFA Premier League on 20 February 1975 as a result of a lack of a football league in the Otaku Republic. Its was only contested by 10 teams.

The ORFL Division 1 is the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 64 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people.In the 2014–15 season, the average ORFL Division 1 match attendance exceeded 56,000, highest of any professional football league

While 50 clubs have competed since the inception of the ORFL in 1975, only ten have won the title: Raimon Junior High FC (20), Teikoku Gakuen FC (9), April 25 SC (2), Borussia Dortmund OR (2), Real Madrid OR (2), Arsenal ORFC (2), Manchester City ORFC (1), Newcastle United OR FC (1), West Ham United OR FC (1) and Mannouzaka Junior High (1). The current champions are Mannouzaka Junior High, who won the title in the 2015-16 season,